Wi the construction o the rail line linkin Brussels an Tervuren as well as, in 1910, the construction o the Boulevard du Souverain or Vorstlaan, modrenization came tae the municipality an the population grew quickly.

The Priory o Val Duchesse or Hertoginnedal, a gift o the kieeng, is unfortunately rarely open tae the public. In 1963, Belgium's cabinet meenisters met here, plantin the seeds o a federalization o the kintra though at conditions fiercely criticised especially in some extremist Flemish naitionalist circles.

Similarly, the Chapel o Saiunt Anne, whose oreegins go back tae the 12t century, is no open tae the public. Decommissioned in 1843, it wis sauld several times. Its splendid sculpturs frae the Middle Ages an notable period furnitur are still there tae admire.